Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 11020.0105. INITIAL SPONSORS. The initial sponsors of the alliance are: (1) Bell County; (2) Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1; (3) Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District; and (4) McLennan County. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29…

Sec. 11020.0106. METHOD OF ADDING SPONSORS. (a) A local government or a private entity may petition the board to add that local government or private entity as a sponsor. (b) A petition under Subsection (a) must be submitted in the manner and form required by board rule. (c) On r…

Sec. 11020.0107. METHOD OF REMOVING SPONSORS. (a) The governing body of a sponsor may petition the board to remove the entity from the alliance as a sponsor. (b) A petition must be submitted in the manner and form required by board rule. (c) After receiving a petition under Subse…

Sec. 11020.0108. REAPPORTIONMENT OF DIRECTORS. After the addition or removal of a sponsor under this subchapter, the board by rule shall reapportion the directors of the alliance among the sponsors in accordance with Section 11020.0201(c)(2). The board may increase or decrease th…

Sec. 11020.0109. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2025. SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sec. 11020.0201. DIRECTORS. (a) Except for the initial board of directors, the alliance is governed by a board of directors consisting of at least 5 and not more than 18 members. (b) The board is responsible for the management, operation, and control of the alliance. (c) The boar…

Sec. 11020.0202. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR. (a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) at least 18 years of age; and (2) a resident of the territory located in the alliance or an employee of a sponsor. (b) A director who also serves on the governing b…

Sec. 11020.0203. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS. (a) Each sponsor is entitled to appoint at least one director. (b) Each director must be appointed by the governing body of a sponsor in accordance with the rules adopted under Section 11020.0201 that govern the apportionment of director…

Sec. 11020.0204. TERMS OF OFFICE. (a) Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with one-third or as near as possible to one-third of the members' terms expiring February 28 of each year. (b) A director's term begins on March 1 of the year the director is appointed. (c) A direc…

Sec. 11020.0205. REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR. A sponsor that appoints a director may remove the director from office at any time, with or without cause. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2025.

Sec. 11020.0206. BOARD VACANCY. If there is a vacancy on the board, the governing body of the sponsor that appointed the director who vacated the office shall appoint a director to serve the remainder of the term. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, e…

Sec. 11020.0207. VOTING AUTHORITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each director is entitled to one vote on any issue before the board. (b) The board may establish a graduated voting procedure after each sponsor has appointed a director to the board. Added by Acts 2025,…

Sec. 11020.0208. OFFICERS. At the first meeting of the board after March 1 of each year, the board shall elect officers for the alliance, including a chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2025.

Sec. 11020.0209. MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF BOARD; QUORUM. (a) The board may meet as many times each year as the board considers appropriate. (b) A concurrence of a majority of the directors present and voting is sufficient for transacting any business of the alliance unless other a…

Sec. 11020.0210. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. (a) A director appointed by a sponsor that has regulatory authority over an issue before the board shall: (1) before a vote or decision on the issue, file an affidavit stating the nature and extent of the regulatory authority; and (2) absta…

Sec. 11020.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The alliance may: (1) acquire, purchase, own, hold, lease, construct, improve, and maintain a reservoir, groundwater well, or other source of water supply, including: (A) groundwater, surface water, and wastewater reused directly or…

Sec. 11020.0302. ALLIANCE POLICIES, RULES, AND BYLAWS. The alliance may adopt and enforce policies, rules, and bylaws reasonably required to implement this chapter, including rules governing procedures before the board and rules regarding implementation, enforcement, and any othe…

Sec. 11020.0303. WATER CONSERVATION OR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS. The alliance by rule may develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, enforce, and manage water conservation or drought contingency plans for the alliance or any portion of the alliance. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg…

Sec. 11020.0304. SPONSOR CONVEYANCES AND ACQUISITIONS. (a) In this section, "utility system" has the meaning assigned by Section 1502.001, Government Code. (b) A sponsor may convey a utility system facility or asset or the sponsor's interest in a utility system facility or asset …

Sec. 11020.0305. CONTRACTS. (a) The alliance may contract with any person to carry out a power authorized by this chapter. (b) A person who enters into a contract with the alliance may pledge to the payment of the contract any source of revenue that may be available to the person…

Sec. 11020.0306. COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS. The alliance may enter into an interlocal contract with a local government under Chapter 791, Government Code, to carry out a power of the alliance. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2025.

Sec. 11020.0307. RATES AND FEES. (a) The alliance shall establish rates and fees to be assessed against sponsors and customers of the alliance. The rates and fees may be established by classes of customers, by project, or by area of service. (b) A sponsor, local government, water…

Sec. 11020.0308. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The alliance may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property if the interest is necessary for the alliance to exercise the rights or authority conferred by this chapter. (b) The alliance shall exe…

Sec. 11020.0401. AD VALOREM TAXES PROHIBITED. The alliance may not impose an ad valorem tax. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2025.

Sec. 11020.0402. GIFTS, GRANTS, LOANS, AND OTHER MONEY. The alliance may apply for, accept, receive, and administer gifts, grants, loans, and other money available from any source. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2025. SUBCHAPTER E. B…

Sec. 11020.0501. REVENUE BONDS, NOTES, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) In addition to bonds, notes, and other obligations that the alliance is authorized to issue under other law, to accomplish the purposes of the alliance, the alliance may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations pay…

Sec. 11020.0502. ELECTION NOT REQUIRED. The alliance is not required to hold an election to approve the issuance of revenue bonds or notes or of other obligations under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B. 1194), Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 2025.

Sec. 11020.0503. USE OF REVENUE AND GROWTH PROJECTIONS. For the purposes of attorney general review and approval and in lieu of any other manner of demonstrating the ability to pay debt service and satisfy any other pecuniary obligations relating to bonds, notes, or other obligat…

Sec. 11020.0504. REFUNDING BONDS. The alliance may issue refunding bonds, notes, and other obligations to refund any of its bonds, notes, or other obligations in any manner provided by law, including Chapter 1207, Government Code. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 29 (S.B.…

Sec. 11020.0505. BONDS, NOTES, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. A bond, note, or other obligation issued under this chapter, a transaction related to the bond, note, or other obligation, the interest on the bond, note, or other obligation, and the profit from the sale …